John E. Sununu

John Edward Sununu (10 September 1964-) was a member of the US Senate from New Hampshire (R) from 3 January 2003 to 3 January 2009, succeeding Bob Smith and preceding Jeanne Shaheen, having previously served in the US House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district from 3 January 1997 to 3 January 2003, succeeding Bill Zeliff and preceding Jeb Bradley.

Biography
John Edward Sununu was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 September 1964, the son of Governor John H. Sununu. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986 and from Harvard University in 1991. He worked in the high-tech industry before being elected to the US House of Representatives in 1997, representing New Hampshire's 1st district in the US Congress. In 2003, he was elected to the US Senate, and he opposed gun control, amnesty for illegal immigrants, taxation of Internet usage, the release of harmful emissions, restrictions on travel and trade to Cuba, homophobic laws, and the Patriot Act. He was defeated for re-election by Jeanne Shaheen in 2009, and he became a lobbyist.